120 JULY. 



enticed abroad by the copious moisture — a delightful 

 coolness pervades the air — all nature feels refreshed, 

 and no record remains of the strife of the elements but 

 yonder rifted oak. 



And now, dear reader, I am going to take a trip 

 across the — "say" to the "land of St. Patrick," the 

 " gem of the ocean," to that " sister island" in the 

 broad Atlantic which Tom Moore designates as — 



" An emerald set in the ring of the sea." 



And should any of my readers ever in this age of 

 cheap travelling avail themselves of Mr. Marcus' ex- 

 cursion trains, by which they may travel to Dublin 

 and back " for thirty shillings," they will not be unpro- 

 fitably employed (in an Entomological sense) by visit- 

 ing the locality I purpose directing them to, and to 

 which I will shortly call their attention. 



Ireland, as far as Lepidoptera are concerned, has 

 not as yet produced, and I don't think contains, so 

 many species of insects as England. Nevertheless 

 she produces many rarities, and some species in abun- 

 dance that are only occasionally or sparingly obtained 

 in England. This scarcity of species is, I think, in a 

 great measure caused by the absence, in a great degree, 

 of old wooded districts in Ireland, and to the large ex- 

 tent of bog, heath and rocky ground, as well as to the 

 mildness of its winters, a circumstance that is highly 

 unfavourable to the development of Lepidopterous 

 insect life ; but, however this may be, I have not 

 the least doubt that Ireland, if well worked, would 

 produce an abundant harvest of rarities of the fami- 

 lies Tortricina and Tineina. Of the other families 



